The Coca-Cola Company [ATLANTA] (NYSE: KO) announced that Lisa Chang has been named chief people officer. Chang will join the company March 1. Chang most recently served as senior vice president and chief human resources officer for AMB Group LLC in Atlanta. Prior to joining AMB Group in 2014, Chang served as vice president of human resources for international at Equifax. Before joining Equifax, she was senior vice president of human resources at Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Prior to Turner, her career included HR roles of increasing responsibility at The Weather Channel Companies, ultimately as executive vice president of human resources. Chang replaces Jennifer Mann, who now serves as president of Global Ventures for the company.

Chicago Cubs [CHICAGO] announced that Ann Weiser, head of HR, is leaving the Cubs and is being replaced by Sara Schultz, who will be Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Sara has worked for the NFL the last four years, first as head of Learning and Development in the NY office and recently, as the head of HR for NFL Media in Los Angeles. Prior to the NFL, Sara worked for Comcast.

John Florence

Sonoco [HARTSVILLE, S.C.] (NYSE: SON) announced that Allan McLeland, vice president of Human Resources, has announced his plans to retire after 25 years with the Company, effective April 1, 2019. Sonoco also announced the appointment of John M. Florence Jr. as vice president of Human Resources, general counsel and secretary, effective following McLeland’s retirement. Florence joined Sonoco in 2015 and currently serves as vice president, general counsel and secretary. Prior to joining Sonoco, Florence was a lawyer with Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA, a South Carolina law firm, for more than 10 years.

Todd Cordell

Guidehouse [WASHINGTON] announced that Todd Cordell has joined as Chief Human Resources Officer. Todd has served in prominent CHRO roles and brings notable industry experience from leading brands such as Starbucks, GE and Merck.

Kelly Ann Doherty

Mr. Cooper Group Inc. [DALLAS] (NASDAQ: COOP) announced the appointment of Kelly Ann Doherty as Executive Vice President and Chief People & Communications Officer. Doherty most recently served as Chief Communications Officer for Mr. Cooper Group, a role she assumed in August 2018. Prior to joining Nationstar in 2016 as the Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications, Kelly Ann was Vice President of Corporate Communications at Elevate. She also served as a public relations and affairs consultant for four years and as a strategic communication staffer for a Presidential campaign and within President George W. Bush’s administration with a tour at the White House in Presidential Personnel and N.A.S.A. as a political appointee.

Waste Management [HOUSTON] recently hired Tamla Oates-Forney as senior vice president and chief human resources officer. Prior to WM, Forney served in numerous positions throughout her 20 years at General Electric including the Senior Executive and Human Resources Director for GE Africa, Chief Diversity Officer for GE Appliances & Lighting, and most recently, Vice President of Human Resources for GE Energy Connections.

Boardwalk Pipeline Partners [HOUSTON] announced that Mercy Kamps has been promoted to the Senior Management Team, where she will serve as Boardwalk’s Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Communications and Investor Relations. Mercy previously served as Boardwalk’s Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and led the Legal Operations team.

The Trade Desk [LOS ANGELES] (NASDAQ: TTD) announced the appointment of Shelley Zajic as Chief Talent Officer. Previously, she served as Global Head of Human Resources at the Patrón Spirits Company. Prior to Patrón, Shelley held human resource leadership roles at Apollo Education Group, Schottenstein Stores Corporation, and UnitedHealth Group, among others.

EnsembleIQ [CHICAGO] announced that it has appointed Ann Jadown as Chief Human Resources Officer. Jadown joins EnsembleIQ from Mario Tricoci Hair Salons & Day Spas.

Echo Global Logistics, Inc. [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: ECHO) announced that Paula Frey has been named Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to working at Echo, Ms. Frey worked at the Education Corporation of America as EVP and Chief Human Resources Officer. From 2008 to 2015, Ms. Frey worked at Sears Holdings Corporation in multiple roles, including Senior HR Business Partner and Vice President of Human Resources, as well as Interim Chief Human Resources Officer. For 19 years, Ms. Frey was Senior Director of Human Resources at Motorola, where she worked in Mergers and Acquisitions, Business Partnering, Talent Acquisition, and Talent Management.

Dynata [DALLAS] announced that Dawn Hirsch is joining the company as Executive Vice President, Human Resources. Before joining Dynata, Hirsch was Chief Human Resources Officer at HireRight. She also held senior positions at inVentiv Health, Lend Lease and Thomson Reuters.

Cedilla Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Andrew Dawson as chief human resources officer. Dawson joins Cedilla after having served in senior roles of increasing scope and responsibility at Shire, Roche, Novartis, Eli Lilly and TripAdvisor. Most recently, he was a senior vice president and head of human resources at Enzyvant.

Clinical Innovations [SALT LAKE CITY] announced it has hired Jason Whetstone as vice president of human resources. Whetstone was most recently the senior director of human resources for Polaris Industries’ Engineering and Lean organizations. He previously worked in HR for General Mills for more than a decade.

Jeff VanHaitsma

Meritage Hospitality Group, Inc. [GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.] (OTCQX: MHGU) announced the promotion of Jeff VanHaitsma to Vice President of Human Resources. VanHaitsma joined Meritage in 2014 as Director of Organizational Development. He grew his talent management and human resources experience at Herman Miller, Family Christian Stores and Amway.

Eta Compute Inc. [WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.] announced that Leon Bezdikian joined the company as vice president of human resources. During his career he held vice president, human resources positions with InvenSense, Inc., Inphi Corporation, SiBEAM, and other fast-growing technology companies.

Cetera [LOS ANGELES] appointed Jeannie Finkel as Chief Human Resources Officer. Finkel most recently held the position of Chief Administrative Officer at Cydcor. Jeannie has previously served as a senior HR leader, business focused executive team member and trusted advisor to senior management for companies such as Charles Schwab, Countrywide Financial and Trust Company of the West.

Oportun [SAN CARLOS, Calif.] announced it has appointed Robin Lykins as its Chief People Officer. Lykins joins Oportun after having served in a number of senior roles at Verifone, most recently as Chief People Officer. Prior, she held executive leadership positions at Risk Management Solutions (RMS), MegaPath, California Eastern Laboratories, Trazar Corporation, and Applied Materials. She began her career in HR roles with Nordstrom and Macy’s.

World Fuel Services Corporation [MIAMI] (NYSE: INT) announced that Fernando Casadevall has joined as Chief Human Resource Officer. Fernando has been Chief Human Resources Officer for Qatar Airlines Group since 2016. Fernando has also held executive HR roles with Al-Futtaim Group Companies in Dubai, Citigroup in London, Baltimore and New York and Spear, Leeds & Kellogg.

GE [BOSTON] (NYSE: GE) announced that L. Kevin Cox will join GE as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, effective February 25, 2019. Cox joins GE from American Express, where he was the Chief Human Resources Officer. Cox succeeds Raghu Krishnamoorthy who will be retiring from GE after 25-years of dedicated service. Cox joined American Express in 2005 after 16 years at Pepsi-Cola and the Pepsi Bottling Group (PBG), where he held positions leading strategy, business development, technology, and Human Resources.

PCI [Philadelphia, PA] announced the appointment of Angi Calkins as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Calkins served in senior leadership roles at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.

Rich Jacquet

Coursera [Mountain View, CA] announced that Rich Jacquet has joined as new Chief People Officer. Most recently, he was the Chief People Officer at Gigamon. He also held leadership positions at companies like Packeteer, Bay Networks, eBay and Yahoo!

Tilray, Inc. [NANAIMO, British Columbia] (NASDAQ: TLRY) announced the hire of Rita Seguin as EVP of Human Resources. Seguin served as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Diageo North America and most recently as Vice President of Human Resources for Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits Distributors.

Rachel Mooney

Snow Software [STOCKHOLM & AUSTIN, Texas] announced the appointment of Rachel Mooney as Chief People & Culture Officer. Mooney from Vodafone, where she led strategic and operational HR for group corporate functions and global shared services. Previously, Mooney led organizational culture for Google across EMEA as well as the company’s human resources function in Ireland.

Karishma Patel Buford

OppLoans [Chicago] announced the appointment of Karishma Patel Buford to the new role of Chief People Officer. Karishma joins OppLoans after a successful tenure as Head of Global Talent Management at Groupon. She has previously held leadership roles at BAE Systems Inc and Korn Ferry.

Jennifer Chatt

CHA Consulting, Inc. [ALBANY, N.Y. and BIRMINGHAM, Ala.] announced the appointment ofJennifer Chatt as Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Jennifer joined CHA in July 2017 to lead human resources. She previously held senior human resource management positions at Key Bank, NYISO, Northeast Parent and Child Society and Angiodynamics.

NFP [NEW YORK] announced that Kim Davis, formerly NFP’s chief human resources officer, is joining NFP’s board of directors. In addition, Davis will take on the newly created role of chief diversity and inclusion officer. Ginnette Quesada-Kunkel and Mary Steed will join NFP’s Executive Management Committee as chief human resources officer and chief people officer, respectively. Quesada-Kunkel, currently senior vice president of HR, will become executive vice president and assume oversight for the HR function as chief human resources officer. Steed, currently senior vice president of HR, assumes the newly created role of chief people officer.

Katherine Johnson

Gilbane Building Company [PROVIDENCE, R.I.] announced that Katherine Johnson joined the company as senior vice president and chief human resources officer, succeeding Pierre LaPerriere as he retires at the end of 2019. In her most recent role, Ms. Johnson served as global vice president and head of human resources for buildings, infrastructure and advanced facilities for Jacobs in Englewood, Colorado. She also held a range of domestic and international human resources management roles of increasing responsibilities at CH2M over a span of twenty-four years.

Acushnet Holdings [FAIRHAVEN, Mass.] (NYSE: GOLF) announced Brendan Reidy as its new Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Prior to joining the Company, he was Vice President HR – Organizational Effectiveness at Biogen. In his 7 years at Biogen, he also led HR for the global R&D organization and Global Commercial Operations. Prior to Biogen, he worked at P&G and Gillette in various HR roles across a number of geographies and businesses.

Under Armour, Inc. [BALTIMORE] (NYSE: UA, UAA) announced the appointment of Tchernavia Rocker as its new Chief People and Culture Officer. Rocker joins Under Armour from Harley-Davidson, Inc. where she spent more than 18 years in HR leadership roles, most recently as the Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to that, she served in various HR and operations roles at Goodyear Dunlop North America Tire Inc. Rocker will join Under Armour in February 2019.

Mary Bilbrey

JLL [CHICAGO] (NYSE: JLL) announced that Mary Bilbrey has been promoted to Global Chief Human Resources Officer from her current role as Americas CHRO. The change is effective February 1, and she will continue to oversee human resources in the Americas region until her successor is named. Bilbrey succeeds Trish Maxson as Global CHRO. Maxson maintains her roles as Chief Administrative Officer and interim CFO. Bilbrey joined JLL in early 2016 as CHRO for the Americas. Prior to joining JLL, Bilbrey held a succession of senior HR leadership roles for HSBC, based at different times in the U.S. and in Europe. She was the Head of Human Resources for HSBC USA and, prior to that, held several leadership roles in HSBC’s London headquarters. Previously, she held various positions focused on compensation, benefits, and mergers and acquisitions.

Papa John’s International, Inc. [LOUISVILLE, Ky.] (NASDAQ: PZZA) announced the appointment of Marvin Boakye as its first Chief People Officer. Boakye joins Papa John’s after serving as vice president of human resources at Andeavor. Prior to Andeavor, he was chief human resources officer for MTS Allstream, and held senior human resources positions at Goodyear, Pulte Group and The Home Depot. Boakye replaces Senior Vice President of People Operations Bob Smith, who retired from Papa John’s in August 2018 after serving 15 years with the company.

Carbon Black [WALTHAM, Mass.] (NASDAQ: CBLK) announced that Sandra O’Sullivan has been appointed Chief People Officer (CPO). O’Sullivan joined Carbon Black in 2012, most recently serving as the company’s Vice President of Customer Success. Prior to Carbon Black, O’Sullivan launched and was President of Ametros Financial. O’Sullivan steps into the CPO role as Amy Robinson, former Carbon Black CPO, establishes a new function within Carbon Black focused on leadership coaching.

La-Z-Boy Incorporated [MONROE, Mich.] (NYSE: LZB) announced the appointment of Katie Vanderjagt as Chief Human Resources Officer. Vanderjagt joined La-Z-Boy in 2015 as Director of Talent Management, was made Director of Corporate HR and Talent in 2017, and has been serving in the lead Human Resources position since August. Prior to joining La-Z-Boy, Vanderjagt was with Borgwarner as Director, Human Resources and Global Talent. Before that, she spent seven years at Owens-Illinois in various Human Resources positions of increasing responsibility before becoming Director, Global Talent Management and HR Strategy. She began her career at Target Corporation as a Human Resources Manager.

Sarah Payne

Heidrick & Struggles [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: HSII) announced Sarah Payne has been appointed Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), and Rick Greene, Heidrick & Struggle’s current CHRO, will move into the Heidrick Consulting business as a Partner. Both leadership changes will become effective January 1, 2019. Payne was most recently Vice President, Human Resources, Global Executive Search. Prior to joining Heidrick & Struggles, she was Director of Global Executive Compensation at Bunge. Earlier she was Global Director of Compensation and Benefits at PanAmSat.

Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. [MENLO PARK, Calif.] (NASDAQ: ADVM) announced the appointment of Mike Fitzgerald as vice president, human resources. Fitzgerald was the Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources for ZELTIQ Aesthetics (now Allergan). Prior to ZELTIQ, he served as the Executive Vice President, Global Human Resources for Cepheid. Before joining Cepheid, he served as the Senior Vice President of Global Human Resources at Verigy, Ltd (now a part of Advantest Corp.). Prior to Verigy, Mr. Fitzgerald was Vice President of Human Resources at Varian, Inc. (acquired by Agilent Technologies), and prior to that, he held various HR roles culminating in becoming the Global Director of HR Strategy and Planning for Vodafone Group, plc.

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. [SAN RAFAEL, Calif.] (NASDAQ: BMRN) announced the promotion of Amy Wiremanto Group Vice President, Human Resources, effective January 1, 2019. Ms. Wireman joined BioMarin in 2013 and has held roles of increasing responsibilities, starting with head of compensation and benefits, followed by responsibilities for HR operations, and most recently talent acquisition. Ms. Wireman will be replacing Rich Ranieri, Head of Human Resources, who announced in June that he will be retiring from the company at the end of the year. Ms. Wireman previously held managerial HR positions at Wind River, Xyratex and Micromuse as well as senior consulting roles with Watson Wyatt and Mercer.

ConsultNet [SOUTH JORDAN, Utah] welcomed Amy Esser as the organization’s new vice president of Human Resources. Before joining ConsultNet, Esser worked at the McCann World group as a SVP, Regional Director of Human Resources.

Michelle Armer

CareerBuilder [CHICAGO] announced the promotion of Michelle Armer to Chief People Officer. Joining as an HR Coordinator, Armer quickly stepped into a managerial role and was instrumental in supporting CareerBuilder.

RK Logistics Group [FREMONT, CALIF.] announced that Kimberly Meccariello has joined the company as corporate director of human resources. Meccariello progressed through increasingly responsible human resource management positions with Bio-Rad Laboratories, Rite Aid Corporation and Lockheed-Martin Corporation. A 23-year U.S. Air Force veteran, she previously served as a personnel officer stationed at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, Calif. Upon retirement from active military duty she continued in service to the country as a member of the USAF Reserves.

TapClicks [SAN JOSE, Calif.] announced that it hired Tonya J. Long who is joining the company as Vice President of People and Operations. Long most recently held senior product operations roles at Akamai Technologies and Avaya and has more than 20 years of senior leadership in high-tech enterprise companies.

Brian Testa

ETQ [Burlington, MA] announced the appointment of Brian Testa as VP of People Operations. Before ETQ, Testa was Vice President, Global People Operations at KBACE Technologies. Testa has been a part of the Boston start-up technology landscape for the past 20 years.

Xerox [NORWALK, Conn.] (NYSE: XRX) announced the appointment of Suzan Morno-Wade as executive vice president and chief human resources officer. Morno-Wade joined Xerox in 2016 as vice president of Total Rewards.

CDW [LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.] (NASDAQ: CDW) announced that Elizabeth H. Connelly will join CDW as chief human resources officer (CHRO) and senior vice president, coworker services. Connelly joins CDW from J.P. Morgan Chase where she most recently served as managing director and head of the Healthcare, Higher Education and Not-for-Profit Commercial Banking business.

Maropost [TORONTO] announced that Sara Schroeder will be joining the company as Vice President of People. Schroeder comes to Maropost from Signal, where she most recently served as the company’s VP, Head of Global Human Resources. Prior to working at Signal, Schroeder served as HR Business Partner for Press Ganey.

David Lucarelli

Swagelok Company [SOLON, Ohio] appointed David J. Lucarelli as vice president, global human resources. Lucarelli joined Swagelok in 2006 and has held several leadership positions within human resources, most recently serving as director, global human resources business partnerships.

Nissan [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] appointed Mark Stout, currently Global Vice President, Human Resources Operations, to the role of Corporate Vice President, Global Human Resources. Stout began his career at Nissan in 1989 as an HR representative at the company’s vehicle assembly plant in Smyrna, Tennessee. He has held a number of domestic and global HR positions of increasing responsibility.

Actian [PALO ALTO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Melissa Ribeiro as Chief People Officer (CPO). Before joining Actian, Ribeiro served as the EVP of Human Resources at Deluxe Entertainment Group and as Global Vice President of HR at Opera Mediaworks. Ribeiro also worked in HR operations for Yahoo! Latin America.

AHEAD [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Michael Hoehne as its new chief people officer (CPO). Hoehne held senior HR positions at various privately held and public companies, including 10 years at Sears, Roebuck and Co. Prior to joining AHEAD, Hoehne was vice president and chief human resources officer at APAC Customer Services. Most recently, he served as managing director of HR at R.J. O’Brien & Associates.

Kristi Fox

Securian Financial [ST. PAUL, Minn.] named Kristi L. Fox vice president of human resources. Fox has been with Securian Financial since 1995. She joined the company’s human resources department in 2017 to lead talent management and serve as the company’s first chief diversity officer. Prior to working in human resources, Fox held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility within Securian Financial’s business lines—most recently as a vice president with the company’s Group Insurance business.

Zapproved LLC [PORTLAND, ORE.] announced the addition of Susy Dunn as Chief People Officer. Dunn held executive positions at Act-On Software, Jama Software, and Jive Software.

Jim Young

Vets First Choice [PORTLAND, Maine] announced the appointment of Jim Young as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Young was formerly Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Aptuit, LLC. He has held senior HR and operating roles at General Electric, WebMD and Viacom.

Landmark Health [HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.] announced that Anna Gill has been named its Chief Human Resources Officer (“CHRO”). Anna joins Landmark from Aetna’s Service Operations where she most recently served as Head of Human Resources. Prior to Aetna, Anna was the Vice President of Human Resources and Head of Employee Development at Coventry Management Services, which was acquired by Aetna in 2013.

Peter Church

AVANGRID, Inc. [ORANGE, Conn.] (NYSE: AGR) announced the appointment of Peter Church as Chief Human Resources Officer. Church comes to AVANGRID from UnitedHealthcare, where he was Chief Talent Officer. Church has more than 20 years of human resources experience at companies including The Hartford, Aetna and United Technologies.

Wabash National Corporation [LAFAYETTE, Ind.] (NYSE: WNC) announced the appointment of Kristin Glazner as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to this appointment, Ms. Glazner served as Vice President – Corporate Human Resources. She joined Wabash National in February 2010 as Corporate Counsel and served in that role until October 2017, when she was appointed to the position of Vice President – Human Resources and Legal Administration. Prior to Wabash National, Ms. Glazner was an attorney with the law firm Baker & Daniels LLP (now Faegre Baker Daniels LLP) from 2002 to 2010.

Livent Corporation [Philadelphia, PA] (NYSE: LTHM), hired Kathleen Weslock as Chief Human Resources Officer. Before joining Livent, Kathleen was the Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Frontier Communications and held Chief Human Resources Officer positions at Cisco Systems, SunGard Data Systems, Shearman & Sterling, and Covance. Kathleen also held senior Human Resources positions at Deloitte and Lehman Brothers, and began her career with GTE, now known as Verizon.

Dana Incorporated [MAUMEE, Ohio] (NYSE: DAN) announced that Shelley Bridarolli will be joining the company as senior vice president of human resources, effective Nov. 26, 2018. Ms. Bridarolli comes to Dana from BorgWarner, where she most recently served as vice president of human resources for the company’s PowerDrive Systems group. Prior to BorgWarner, Ms. Bridarolli served for 13 years in a variety of leadership roles at Eaton Corporation. She began her professional career at the National Fuel Exploration Corporation as leader of human resources and administration.

AllianceRx Walgreens Prime [ORLANDO, Fla.] announced it has named Marcelie “Tuck” Tucker as chief human resources officer. Tucker was most recently vice president of human resources with Dover Corporation’s refrigeration and food equipment segment.

Kathleen Carroll

Grainger [CHICAGO] (NYSE: GWW) announced it has appointed Kathleen S. Carroll as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), effective December 3, 2018. Carroll will succeed Joseph High who, as previously announced, retired from Grainger earlier this year. Carroll comes to Grainger from First Midwest Bank, where she served as Executive Vice President and CHRO. Prior to that, she held a number of leadership positions with Aon Corporation, which included Global Head of Talent Acquisition and HR Lead for Mergers and Acquisitions. Carroll also had management positions with Sprint and PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she began her career in consulting and accounting.

Qumulo [SEATTLE] announced Robyn Singhas vice president of people. Singh most recently served as the director of human resources (HR) for Amazon’s Seller Marketplace. Prior to her position at Amazon, Singh served as the global vice president of HR for Nintex. Singh also served as the executive director of HR at Citrix Systems. Before that, Singh spent more than 12 years in executive HR positions at Microsoft, including director of human resources, where she led the global career development function for Microsoft; director of HR at Xbox, where she led HR for global software and hardware development, as well as the LIVE business; and led HR for the Windows engineering services and solutions organization.

RealWear, Inc. [VANCOUVER, Wash.] announced the hiring of Michael Guerchon as Vice President, Human Resources. Guerchon previously was with Riverbed Technology. Guerchon served as Chief People Officer at Okta and Puppet and was the Vice President of Human Resources for several companies including Lucy Activewear, Hollywood Entertainment, Guess? Inc., and IKON Office Solutions.

Namely [NEW YORK] announced that Lorna Hagenwill join as the company’s Chief People Officer. Prior to Namely, Hagen was the CPO at OnDeck . She also held leadership roles at LOFT, Dow Jones, and HarperCollins.

Tammy Perkins

Pacific Market International [SEATTLE] announced that Tammy Perkins joined as Chief People Officer. Most recently, Perkins served as Chief People Offer and Managing Partner of Fjuri. Perkins also held several key, senior leadership human resources roles at Amazon, Microsoft and Appen.

FLS Transportation Services [MONTREAL] announced that Nichole Thompson has joined the company as SVP, Chief People Officer. Nichole joins FLS from Benevis LLC. Prior to her time at Benevis LLC, Nichole held management roles in several companies including Target Stores, and Union Pacific Railroad.

LendingTree, Inc. [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] (NASDAQ: TREE) announced that Jill Olmsteadhas been named LendingTree’s Chief Human Resources Officer, a role Previously held by Claudette Parham before her recent retirement. Jill Olmstead most recently served as the founding partner and owner of Charlotte-based Spivey & Olmstead. Prior to this, Olmstead served almost 25 years with Wells Fargo (formerly Wachovia) in various Human Resources roles, most recently as Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Human Resources.

Grace Lee

Cubic Corporation [SAN DIEGO] (NYSE: CUB) announced the appointment of Grace Lee as senior vice president and chief human resources and diversity officer. Prior to joining Cubic, Lee was senior vice president of global human resources for Charles River Laboratories. She has also previously held the top HR role at Beckman Coulter, TTM Technologies and IMI Severe Service.

AutoWeb, Inc. [IRVINE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: AUTO) appointed Sara Partin as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Most recently, she served as CHRO of the Yellow Pages (YP) during the company’s significant business transformation in 2017. Prior to YP, Partin led the human resources team for Cox Automotive Media Solutions Group, which includes Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, and Dealer.com.

TaskUs [SANTA MONICA, Calif.] announced it has tapped Mike Ferguson to be TaskUs’ first Chief People Officer. Ferguson comes to TaskUs after spending 12 years with Chipotle Mexican Grill, where he was the Head of People Support.

Shiela Vinczeller

AptarGroup, Inc. [CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill.] (NYSE: ATR), announced that Shiela Vinczeller was named Chief Human Resources Officer. Shiela will join Aptar on November 1, 2018. Prior to joining Aptar, Shiela spent 12 years in Human Resources leadership roles at International Paper. Prior to joining International Paper, Shiela held senior Human Resources positions with the Belgian Lhoist Group and prior to that with General Electric’s Lighting division.

Alexander & Baldwin [HONOLULU] (NYSE: ALEX) named Alexina Chai as senior vice president, human resources. Chai comes to A&B from UnitedHealth Group, where she served as senior director of business and clinical strategy and as senior director, human capital business partner. She also served as senior vice president, human resources director for American Savings Bank. Prior to that, Chai held human resources and managerial positions with American Express, The St. Paul Travelers, Inc. and Aon Hewitt.

Impinj, Inc. [SEATTLE] (NASDAQ: PI) announced that Bob Hargadon has joined the company as senior vice president of people and culture. Most recently, he was senior vice president of human resources at Alere (now part of Abbott Labs). Prior to that, he held senior HR and talent management roles at Microsoft, drugstore.com, Boston Scientific, and Fidelity Investments. His experience includes 12+ years consulting with firms including RBL, Novations Group and Harbridge House (acquired by PWC).

Zipwhip [SEATTLE] announced the appointment of Kirsten Spoljaric as Senior Vice President (SVP) of People. Spoljaric joined Zipwhip in a consultancy role earlier in 2018. Spoljaric previously co-founded both a global SaaS organization Mashery, and boutique strategy, business development and HR consulting firm Cloudery.

Silverline [New York] announced the addition of Lisa Dallenbach, Silverline’s first Chief People Officer. Dallenbach served most recently as the Chief Talent Officer & Chief Human Resources Manager at Mindshare.

Centric Health Corporation [TORONTO] (TSX: CHH) announced that Nina Freier has joined Centric Health as Chief Human Resources Officer. Most recently, she was Vice President, Human Resources at Sienna Senior Living. She also had previous experience at Rexall.

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation [Aurora, IL] (NASDAQ: CCMP) announced the appointment of Eleanor Thorp, Vice President, Human Resources, effective September 17, 2018. Ms. Thorp rejoins Cabot Microelectronics Corporation after serving as the Head of Human Resources and Recruiting at Sephora Digital SEA, from 2015 through 2018, based in Singapore. Prior to that, Ms. Thorp was Cabot Microelectronics’ Human Resources Director of Asia Pacific from 2013 through 2015. Before joining Cabot Microelectronics Corporation, she was Head of Human Resources and Recruiting at Frontier Strategy Group, and also spent time in executive search, working across a wide range of industries, based first in London and then in New York.

René Bonin

Vixxo [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] has named René Bonin as senior vice president, chief human resources officer. René joins the company from Iron Mountain, where she held various roles driving HR strategy. She began her career at international law firm WilmerHale, where she spent more than five years honing her deep expertise across all major HR disciplines.

Compass Minerals [OVERLAND PARK, Kan.] (NYSE: CMP) has named Angela Jones senior vice president, people and culture. Jones joined Compass Minerals as vice president, human resources, in January 2018, bringing to the company more than 13 years of human resources experience and more than 16 years in operations. Prior to joining Compass Minerals, Jones served as vice president human resources at both Rembrandt Enterprises and ConAgra Brands, Inc. In addition to her human resources experience, Angela also has significant operations experience, having held roles such as director of operations and plant general manager for The Clorox Company as well as progressively responsible supply chain and operations roles with Proctor & Gamble.

Jennifer Bailey

Cognosante [FALLS CHURCH, VA.] announced the appointment of Jennifer Bailey as Chief People Officer. Bailey joins Cognosante from Perspecta, where she served as Vice President of Human Resources for the past four years. Prior to Perspecta, Bailey spent 13 years at Vangent Inc. which was later acquired by General Dynamics Information Technology, where she was Vice President of HR for the Health and Civilian Solutions Division.

Smarsh [PORTLAND, Ore.] announced the hiring of Suzanne Rudnitzki as the company’s Chief People Officer (CPO). Rudnitzki comes to Smarsh from Telecare Corporation, where she served as the Chief Human Resources Officer and Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Suzanne previously served as a consultant for Xerox Corp., facilitated the international intrapreneurial leadership training for Procter & Gamble, and developed training curriculum and provided consulting for Nissan, General Motors, Herman Miller and Magna Corporation.

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